"Deeper and Deeper" is a 1914 Christian

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with words and music by

Oswald J. Smith Oswald Jeffrey Smith (November 8, 1889 – January 25, 1986) was a Canadian pastor, author, and missions advocate. He founded The Peoples Church in Toronto in 1928. Smith attended the Toronto Bible Training School, the Manitoba Presbyterian Co ...

. The hymn begins; ''"Into the heart of Jesus, deeper and deeper I go"''. The hymn was sung as part of Smith's own

ordination Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...

service by the Chicago Presbytery in 1915. The hymn sang itself into the preacher's heart. The hymn was completed at First Presbyterian Church of South Chicago. It has been published in 21 hymnals.

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